scornful

英 [ˈskɔːnfl]

美 [ˈskɔːrnfl]

adj.  轻蔑的; 鄙夷的

TOEFL

Collins.1 / BNC.19153 / COCA.21498

牛津词典

adj.

• 轻蔑的；鄙夷的
  showing or feeling scorn
  1. a scornful laugh
     轻蔑的冷笑
  2. He was scornful of such ‘female’ activities as cooking.
     他看不起诸如做饭之类的“女人的”活儿。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 轻蔑的;嘲笑的
  If you arescornful ofsomeone or something, you show contempt for them.
  1. He is deeply scornful of politicians.
     他非常看不起政客。
  2. ...a scornful simile.
     讽喻

英英释义

adj

• expressing extreme contempt
  Synonym:contemptuousdisdainfulinsulting

双语例句

• And with a scornful sigh he shifted his attitude again.
  他鄙薄地叹了一口气，又变换了姿势。
• Glancing at her scornful, he told her that the dress was sold.
  轻蔑地看了她一眼后，便告诉她那件衣服已经卖出去了。
• He stood there looking both handsome and brave and he made his face scornful.
  他站在那里显出既漂亮又勇敢的样子，脸上还摆出一副瞧不起人的神气。
• Used to express scornful acknowledgment of the obvious.
  用来表示对很明显的事情的带有嘲讽的确认。
• Well, Mr Clare found this out, and spoke quite scornful to the poor girl for days.
  唔，克莱尔先生发现了这件事，还把可怜的小莱蒂嘲笑了好几天呢。
• Then his face grew bitterly scornful.
  接着，他的面容一变而为鄙夷不屑的样子。
• About the negative responses of the Rome officials he was coarsely scornful.
  他对罗马的官员那种消极的反应表示露骨的藐视。
• To take a trivial instance: how scornful we are when we catch someone out telling a lie;
  举一个小实例：当我们发现某个人在说谎时，我们是多么的不屑；
• When I said that this sounded rather nice, he gave me a scornful look.
  当我表示这听起来很不错的时候，他面露鄙夷之色。
• She is openly scornful of the idea that girls are in any way weaker than men.
  对于女孩总不如男子这一观点，她公开表示蔑视。